Rules post/FAQ/Page-A-Mod

[10littlebullets]

Since LJ seems to have finally capitulated to the Russian government and is now subject to Russian anti-obscenity laws, I'm not going to take a chance on sudden deletions. The Les Mis kinkmeme now lives at https://lesmiskinkmeme.dreamwidth.org/. (Rules post here.) Everything has been backed up there. The LJ kinkmeme will stay up, but is now closed

Comments

[anonymous]

what's your stance on people (not the OP) chiming in and adding kinks that weren't there in the original prompt? is that bad etiquette?

[10littlebullets]

It hits a point where it becomes bad etiquette, yeah. Elaborating/squeeing about the possibilities of a prompt is one thing, but it gets rude when it starts tacking on requests for kinks or plot elements the OP might not want. The mods aren't going to go after you for it or anything, but yes, I'd say it's bad etiquette if you're obliging the OP to go "Actually, no, I prompted flogging/impact play and I'm really uncomfortable with it getting hijacked into a request for hardcore D/s and humiliation." (Which the OP is always free to do, btw.)

Valvert A/B/O meme suggestion

[anonymous]

Instead of making a new meme, would it be possible for the mods to open up an a/b/o valvert 'round' or page or something? I think the topic's a little narrow to warrant an entire meme, but it could be good to not clog up the existing meme, as well as have a place where people can go to find that precise kink.

I've seen similar things on other memes (the RPF section in some memes, one fandom had a page for the main pairing, then a page for all other prompts, and on the Hobbit meme, they have a separate spot for generic LOTR prompts) It seems to help prevent friction between people who are there for different things.

(Not trying to suggest that you do a lot more work for something that you don't get a huge reward from if you don't like valvert a/b/o, I've never been a mod so I don't know if it would be too much trouble.)

Re: Valvert A/B/O meme suggestion

[10littlebullets]

I'm not really a fan of the omegaverse/mpreg/lactation kink stuff, no, but if people overwhelmingly want this instead of a separate meme, I'll open a round for it. Maybe ask what people would prefer on one of the threads where this is being discussed? (Would do it myself but I'm about to have one hell of a busy weekend and I have to run.)

suggestion: beta

[anonymous]

I was hit with some sudden nostalgia and decided to check out the Hetalia kink meme today. I saw that they have a kind of "beta express" over there where people offer a QUICK beta-reading, mostly for grammar and facts. (http://hetalia-kink.dreamwidth.org/77534.html)

Now, the demography of the Hetalia kink meme is obviously very different from this community - the readers/writers tend to be younger, there's far more active people, and Hetalia has a lot of people who don't speak English as their first language. (Though I'd bet the amount of French anons on this meme is larger than on other memes.) Those are all specifics that support the usefulness of that beta thread.

I know that I would certainly be happy about the possibility for a quick once-over, and I think the overall quality of the fills might increase. But as the Hetalia meme and this meme are so very different, maybe it wouldn't make as much sense over here. Thoughts?

Re: suggestion: beta

[10littlebullets]

You could start a thread on the chatter post for it? And since a lot of people seem to have forgotten the chatter post exists, feel free to plug it on the main round too.

Community description

[anonymous]

The community profile seems to date from the early days of the kink meme, when non-explicit fanworks weren't really the thing here. Could this use an update? If you'd rather incentivize explicit kink that's fine, of course, but it seems like at least some of the prompts and fills have unofficially ignored those guidelines.

[anonymous]

i can't access the meme at all on flatview--is it just me?

[10littlebullets]

It's not working for me, either. Time to poke LJ and see what they've screwed up this time.

[10littlebullets]

Looks like a fail_fandomanon mod has already reported it to LJ support; here's the support ticket to keep an eye on: http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=1696748